Ashberry Healthcare Limited
Registered name: ASHBERRY HEALTHCARE LIMITED
Part of Ashberry Holdings Limited groupAshberry Healthcare Limited made £14.5m revenue and £595k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Ashberry Healthcare Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £14.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £595k profit and 333 employees. The company is classified under “medical nursing home activities” and is based in Harpenden; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Harpenden, East of England
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9.8m | £12.5m | £14.5m |
| Cost of sales | £7.9m | £9.2m | £10.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.9m | £3.3m | £3.8m |
| Operating profit | £498k | £967k | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £83k | £43.4k | £327k |
| Profit after tax | £83k | £354k | £595k |
| Profit (best available) | £83k | £354k | £595k |
| Staff costs | £6.3m | £7m | £8.9m |
| Employees (average) | 266 | 277 | 333 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 0.9% | 2.8% | 4.1% |
| Gross margin | 19.1% | 26.3% | 26% |
| Revenue per employee | £36.8k | £45.2k | £43.4k |
| Profit per employee | £312 | £1.3k | £1.8k |
| Cash conversion | −126.8% | −68.9% | −125.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲27.9% | ▲15.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲326% | ▲68.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.1% | ▲20.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £309k | £2.4m | £377k |
| Net assets | £5.4m | £5.8m | £6.4m |
| Fixed assets | £12m | £12.6m | £15m |
| Current assets | £838k | £3.1m | £1.4m |
| Debtors | £173k | £110k | £379k |
| Deferred income | £276k | £352k | £474k |
| Cash from operations | −£631k | −£666k | −£1.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £43.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −125.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 103.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.6%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲10%
- Now £6.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼84%
- Now £377k
- Headcount
- ▲20%
- Now 333
- Deferred income
- ▲34%
- Now £474k
- Fixed assets
- ▲18%
- Now £15m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ashberry Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ashberry Healthcare Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- The Weir Nursing Home LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Ashberry Care Services LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£4.1k
- Ashberry Care Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £595k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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